彩虹七色 2

說彩虹的顏色是外紅內紫, 這個說法只說了一半.

(from Weather and Sky Gallery)
圖中可見在那道彩虹以外, 還有另一道較弱的, 色彩的排列剛好相反, 外紫內虹, 它叫做霓. 是光線在水珠內發生二次反射的結果. 由於霓的光度較弱, 一般不易看見.

(from wikipedia 彩虹)
關於霓與虹出現的原理, 可參
* wikipedia, 彩虹
* 中大物理園, 為甚麼會有彩虹?「霓」和「虹」有甚麼分別?
如果情況許可, 比如在半空的飛機上, 看到的彩虹是圓形, 不只是半月形. 理由可參上述wikipedia彩虹一條.
(from janel newell)

(from photo.school.nz)
其他千奇百怪的彩虹現象, 可見於wikipedia,
rainbow: variations一節.
至於桐生所講的反轉彩虹, 我也不知道是甚麼回事, 也許並不是彩虹吧!

Upside-down rainbow? (from what about the plastic animals?)
Not an upside-down rainbow, but there was an upper tangent arc over Manhattan this morning. There must have been an ice crystal halo around the sun
(what about the plastic animals?)